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25 Mar 2013, 21:24 | SMS Credit wins first ever title in Latvia

By beating 1-0 HK Juniors Riga in playoffs final game #3, SMS Credit Riga closes the series 3-0 and captures its first title in Latvian League. After two consecutive victories by Liepaja Metalurgs, title is back in the capital

25 Mar 2013, 20:19 | Berkut Kyiv asked to join Belarusian League

Berkut Kyiv has asked at Belarusian Fedration to allow them into the BOL, after Ukranian Federation disqualified the club from Professional Hockey League (PHL) for financial non-fullfilments.
"We were approached by Berkut Kyiv with a request to allow them to participate in Belarus Open League. Team has to solve issues with their federation, but if Berkut will be able to join us, will be great to have another foreign team, " said Federation President Evgeny Vorsin

25 Mar 2013, 18:32 | Don Hay to coach Canada U18 at WJC

Hockey Canada announces that Don Hay, head coach of the WHL's Vancouver Giants, will be the head coach of Canada's National Men's Under-18 Team for the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship, April 18-28 in Sochi, Russia.
Hockey Canada also announced that Jody Hull, head coach of the OHL's Peterborough Petes, and Yves Sarault have been named assistant coaches.

25 Mar 2013, 16:10 | Sokol Krasnoyarsk changes coach for next season

Slovakian coach Dusan Gregor, leaves Sokol Krasnoyarsk by mutual agreement after a disappointing season, where Sokol finished 24 in the standing missing playoffs.

Next season Sokol will be led by Andrei Martemiyanov, in 2011-12 season head coach of Avtomobilist Ekaterinburg

25 Mar 2013, 14:37 | Avangard Omsk President and GM resign

Avangard Omsk President Alexander Sterlyagov and General Manager Vladimir Kapulovsky resigned, as announced by Chairman of the Board Alexander Dybalya
"The Board of Directors of the club assesses the results of the regular season as satisfactory, but we find unacceptable the performance in the play-off. Avangard starts a process of renovation, affecting most aspects of the business"

25 Mar 2013, 14:17 | New coach at Gomel

After the resignation of coach Andrei Skabelka, HK Gomel announces the new coach for the next season: the former player Oleg Romanov, this season acting as assistant coach

24 Mar 2013, 23:50 | Tampa Bay Lightning fired coach Guy Boucher

The Tampa Bay Lightning fired coach Guy Boucher, with the team in next to last place in the Eastern Conference and on its way to missing the playoffs for a second straight year.

Assistants Martin Raymond and Dan Lacroix are to share the coaching temporarly

23 Mar 2013, 15:05 | Barry Smith leaves Tilburg Trappers

Barry Smith leaves Tilburg Trappers. The American coach has decided to not accept an offer for contract extension
In his only season at Tilburg, Smith won the Cup, but lost the national championship in final. Tilburg is looking for a successor to Smith.
The American is still the head coach of the Dutch team.

23 Mar 2013, 14:45 | Oleg Kurin back on Ryazan bench

After a season as club GM, Oleg Kurin will be back on HK Ryazan bench for 2013-14. Kurin coached Ryazan from 2005 to last season before to switch for an administrative position. Ryazan began current season with Anatoly Fedotov but he left the club for health reasons, and Oleg Barsukov was named coach. Ryazan finished last in VHL

21 Mar 2013, 10:26 | MOL Liga Playoffs: HSC Csikszereda defeats DAB Docler in Game 5

HSC Csikszereda scored a sudden death goal 17 minutes into overtime to stun DAB Docler in front of their home crowd. The Acelbikak had the opportunity to win their second straight MOL Liga championship Wednesday night in front of their home crowd, but they squandered 51 shots on goal and several opportunities on the power play. Instead HSC Csikszereda seized the moment and are sending the series back to Romania for Game 6.

In his second straight strong appearance, Jan Fadrny scored the game winner and assisted on the tying goal for Csikszereda in the second period. Fadrny's two points in Game 5 gives him six points in two playoff series (3 goals, 3 assists) and a +5 rating. Stanislav Kozuch had possibly his best outing of the season for Csikszereda, stopping 50 of 51 shots through 77 minutes of play. He has kept pace all series with the league's best goalkeeper, Peter Sevela with DAB Docler, who saved 36 of 38 shots.

Artyom Vaszjunyin scored the only goal of the game for DAB Docler int eh first period--it was his second goal of the playoffs.

Game 6 will be played Friday in Csikszereda where DAB Docler has another opportunity to end Csikszereda's season and take home their second straight championship. With a Csikszereda win, Game 7 will return to Dunaujvaros, Hungary, on Monday night where the MOL Liga Champion will be crowned.

20 Mar 2013, 23:17 | Angers and Rouen to the French finals

Angers and Rouen have qualified for the French finals. Angers beat Epinal in the semi finals. Rouen eliminated Briancon. The first final is played on the 26th.

19 Mar 2013, 12:46 | Amur force game #4

The Nadezhda Cup finals will see a fourth and last game after Amur Khabarovsk beat Dinamo Riga 2-1 (1-1, 0-0, 1-0) today and avoided a sweep for the Latvian guests. The final match is going to be played tomorrow in Khabarovsk and to win the Cup the hosts need to tie the series first before a shootout could give them the title afterwards.

18 Mar 2013, 22:41 | Set for finals in Belarus

Neman Grodno and Metallurg Zhlobin have qualified for the finals of the Belarus league. Neman beat Shakhtar Soligorsk in the semis while Zhlobin knocked out Junior Minsk.

18 Mar 2013, 22:37 | Slavia to semis

HC Slavia Praha was the first team to clinch a semi final spot in the Czech Extraliga. Slavia beat Kladno 4-0 today to win the series 4-1.

17 Mar 2013, 17:05 | Semi finals in GET Ligaen

Semi finals in Norway's top league start tomorrow. Lørenskog-Stavanger Oilers and Sparta Sarpsborg-Vålerenga.